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Well fellow Conservatives, RINOS,Indy's and CPAC is here and its the first straw poll of any significance...who are your early choices and why

My top 3 are John Thune,Tim Pawlenty, and Mitch Daniels...with Jon Huntsman close behind

Bachman - ?
Palin - Doing best what she does best
Cain - potential VP
Barbour - I have always liked this guy
Christie - Looks good but short on seasoning, I think everyone remembers when the rules were going to get changed for the Governator
Daniels - Unfortunately, he is physically short but apparently sensible
Gingrich - He lost my vote when he shut govt down, caved & then paid everyone for not working
Huckaby - He needs to stick to preaching
Huntsman - What makes him different than Cain?
Gary Johnson - Who? maybe JD in all his ennui can vet this guy
Ron Paul - What's he done besides bitch, so much that few listen
Pawlenty - Gov of MN is not a stepping stone to the R POTUS position
Romney - A health care package that doesn't work in MA
Santorum - Didn't he lose as the incumbent in PA
Thune - I donated to his campaign against Daschle, which has gotten me countless solicitations. I pointed out to him that the Farm Bill was too much & SD was exporting too many of it's best & brightest elsewhere due to a commodity economy. No Reply. From his mailers & his yearly Xmas card, my opinion is, this is a guy stuck on himself. No one who grew up in Murdo is worldly enough to run this country just as I said about McGovern "No one who grew up 12 miles from where I did is worldly enough to run this country."

The CPAC is pretty much loaded up for a Ron Paul. Lots of folks preaching to the choir.

The older ones have too much prior baggage. I wish it weren't so in Newt's case. He is probably the best of the litter.

As to your observations about Thune, Marvin...

"Thune - I donated to his campaign against Daschle, which has gotten me countless solicitations. I pointed out to him that the Farm Bill was too much & SD was exporting too many of it's best & brightest elsewhere due to a commodity economy. No Reply. From his mailers & his yearly Xmas card, my opinion is, this is a guy stuck on himself. No one who grew up in Murdo is worldly enough to run this country just as I said about McGovern "No one who grew up 12 miles from where I did is worldly enough to run this country."

Your donation is appreciated, but getting rid of Dashole should have been reward enough.

I get replys every time I write him. Mox Nix! He's not running, just caught up in the "hype from a hundred friends"...me not being one of them, as I advised him it's just friendly hype.

As far as being 'stuck on himself', you couldn't be further from the truth. He's as honest an individual as I know. Far too involved in his family to take that much time to run for POTUS.

He will do much better, and become far more recognizable when the Senate republicans take control and he heads up a few committees. In fact, I could easily see him replacing Harry Reid. His value will become more evident as a US Senator, where he'll be for some time.

FWIW, you don't have to come from Chicago or any of the other large markets to be "worldly' enough to know how to protect and run a nation with our Constitution, you just need to know how to abide by it, and follow the founders design.

UB

When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.

"Thune - I donated to his campaign against Daschle, which has gotten me countless solicitations. I pointed out to him that the Farm Bill was too much & SD was exporting too many of it's best & brightest elsewhere due to a commodity economy. No Reply. From his mailers & his yearly Xmas card, my opinion is, this is a guy stuck on himself. No one who grew up in Murdo is worldly enough to run this country just as I said about McGovern "No one who grew up 12 miles from where I did is worldly enough to run this country."

Your donation is appreciated, but getting rid of Dashole should have been reward enough.

I get replys every time I write him. Mox Nix! He's not running, just caught up in the "hype from a hundred friends"...me not being one of them, as I advised him it's just friendly hype.

As far as being 'stuck on himself', you couldn't be further from the truth. He's as honest an individual as I know. Far too involved in his family to take that much time to run for POTUS.

He will do much better, and become far more recognizable when the Senate republicans take control and he heads up a few committees. In fact, I could easily see him replacing Harry Reid. His value will become more evident as a US Senator, where he'll be for some time.

FWIW, you don't have to come from Chicago or any of the other large markets to be "worldly' enough to know how to protect and run a nation with our Constitution, you just need to know how to abide by it, and follow the founders design.

UB

UB - I was happy when Daschle was beaten, just did not seem like a SD type of guy.

I'm glad you are happy with Thune - I am not. Though I do believe he would make a good Senate Majority Leader.

I had a fair number of Mines graduates work for me through the years. Enough that I know them to be as well qualified as any of the Tech school type people. I've also received the "Hardrocker" through the years so was able to keep some track of those who I matriculated with & those who followed. Many started successful businesses elsewhere which could have just as well happened in SD.

The state will not get away from being an exporter of talent until they change their commodity mentality, & I believe Thune could have been a leader in that movement had he so desired. But I also understand that being a leader may require the expenditure of political capital, I'm not sure he's that type.